NC Demos Mini Catty January Hop

Welcome to the NC Demos Blog Hop! We are so glad you are here! You might have already stopped by  Laurie's post and see that this month's theme is Anything Goes as long as it features products from the January to April Mini catalog.

For my card I chose Country Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set. I used Very Vanilla Cardstock, and Subtles Cardstock- I chose the Valentine colors of red, pink, and purple (they actually are also my favorite colors). I stamped the hearts with Real Red and Highland Heather Classic ink pads and for the sentiment I used Rich Razzleberry Classic ink pad. The sequins were a RAK from another scrapbooking group I belong to and are also Stampin' Up. I decided not to use DSP on this card and layered my cardstock in a plus formation. I decided to add dimensionals under the sentiment and between the red hearts. 

We are also supposed to mention what is on our wish list from the new catalog. I have already purchased the Famous Sayings set a few weeks ago when I purchased a Cut & Emboss 6" machine. I have not used the stamp set yet, but have used my Cut & Emboss machine and am loving it! As for my wishlist, I have not purchased the Boardwalk Fun Bundle yet, but I plan to do so. The palm trees remind me of Florida and I hope to see some when I go to OnStage in Long Beach on March 11! Thank you for letting me share my card. Amanda

January Bloggers: 

Tina Lesson

Frances Wagner

Tracie Evans Langley- The Sassy Stamper

Laurie Meier

Amanda Rhodes

Kelly Taranto- The Late Night Stamper

Toni Campana

NC Stampin'Up Demos Blog Hop

Welcome to the NC Demos Blog Hop! We are so glad you are here! You might have already stopped by Toni Campana's post and see that this month's theme is Anything Goes as long as there's lots of bling! 

For my project I chose to make a Thinking of You card for my Great Aunt Susie who is in the hospital in Pensacola, FL with a broken femur. I chose 2 stamp sets from Stampin'Up- Art Gallery for the images and Friends for Life for the Sentiment. I used Highland Heather ink on the sentiment, I layered the flower 3 times with 3 different stamps with Rich Razzleberry ink and the stem/leaves with Old Olive ink. I accented the flower and stem/leaves with Stamp & Write markers. I chose Subtles 8.5x11 cardstock for the card base, stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock and fussy cut all images and sentiment out, and added Perennial Lavender 12 x 12 DSP to make the images stand out more. The bling is from Close to My Heart Purple Glitter Gems. Thank you for letting me share my project. Please stop by Frances Wagner's blog next. I know it will be great! Amanda Rhodes

 

December Blog Hoppers

 Tina Lesson Toni Campana Amanda Rhodes Frances Wagner Kelly Taranto - The Late Night Stamper Laurie Meier

Congratulations Winners

 

   

Congratulations to Teresa Godines and 2 suns- winners from my GIU week last week. Please email Kelli Haglund (kelli@unitystampco.com) and please put in the subject line: “winner from Amanda’s GIU week” and remove quotations of course. You both will receive $20 credit to Unity Stamp Company! We all love Unity! She will need your mailing address in your email. Thanks again for all the kind comments! Congratulations ladies!

Growing In Unity Day 5

 Welcome back to the last day of my Growing In Unity week. I have enjoyed this week and all your kind comments.

For my last card, I chose the set What Will Be Will Be. I decided to color the stamped image in with the same colored pencils- Color In. I decided to turn this card horizontally instead of vertical since the image is bigger and the sentiment fits better this way. The sticker is from a sticker swap with a Scrapbook group on Facebook. The bling and the pink paper is from The Stamps of Life.

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As I said before, I have enjoyed this week. Stay tuned on here and Growing In Unity Facebook group to see if you're a winner. I don't use my blog that much anymore and post more of my cards on Instagram when I participate in hops there. Feel free to follow me- @salnclts. Have a great weekend!

Growing In Unity Day 4

Welcome back to my Growing In Unity week! I decided to make the last 2 cards as simple as can be and let the stamps be the main focus. For this card I used Rebuild Your Life. I colored in the flower with several different Color In colored pencils. I color better with colored pencils sometimes. The bling is from The Stamps of Life and so is the orange paper. I love the sentiments with this set. Be sure to comeback tomorrow to see what I have to share. Have a great day!

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Growing In Unity Day 3

 

Welcome back for Day 3 of my Growing In Unity week! I decided to make 2 cards today from Joy & Brighter Days by Tierra Jackson. I used the same white cardstock from my stash on both and Stampin'Up Regency Park  Designer Series Paper. I added lace from Lace Place on the wagon card just to separate the 2 pieces of paper. I added twine from Stampin'Up to both just to change them up a little. I colored in the images with Spectrum Noir markers. Please come back tomorrow to see what I have to share. Have a great day!

Growing in Unity Day 2

 Welcome back to my GIU week! Thank you so much for all the kind comments yesterday. I have another card to share with you today. My cousin, Caroline, is getting married on Saturday to her high school sweetheart, Zach, so I had to make a wedding card.

As you can see, I chose From This Day Forward by Angie Blom. I used the same type card base from my stash as yesterday and Stampin' Up Regency Park Designer Series Paper 6x6 paper pack. I used Spectrum Noir TriBlend markers and Copic Black. I fussy cut the sentiments and added DSP under each and attached them down with my Xyron 150 Create A Sticker maker. I believe the clear bling is from The Stamps of Life again.

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I sent Caroline a gift through her Amazon registry and she has already received it and sent me a Thank You card for it. I love how fast Amazon is! Caroline has been in so many friends' weddings that she had to put hers off a little to get through them first. I can't wait to celebrate with Caroline and Zach on Saturday! She's going to be Caroline Ray. I'm sure some of you remember Caroline Rhea from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. My cousin, Caroline, is nothing like her. Even though, Caroline Rhea's birthday is April 13. How ironic! I look forward to sharing more cards with you the rest of the week! Did anyone get to see the eclipse yesterday? I was at work in the break room and turned the TV on to ABC and caught it as it happened in Ohio, Illinois, and Arkansas. 300 people were actually married in Arkansas during the eclipse. That's amazing! I'm also doing an Instagram hop today for National Unicorn Day. I would love to have you hop along, no prize involved. It's about 8 of us if you have Instagram look for @salnclts and I will have the line-up on my Instagram. Thanks again for all the comments yesterday! Have a great Tuesday!